This subject was all over the shop in my opinion, obviously we didn't have Charles (the usual coordinator) so I'm not sure how it's usually run but the whole semester felt pretty unclear. We had different lecturers every week, all of them had really different styles of teaching (obviously) which made it slightly ambiguous about what we were actually required to know and memorise for our exam. Given there was no MST we sort of went into the exam blind especially given the actual paper could not have been more different to the practice questions they gave us lol. Anyway, the challenge questions and CALs were pretty manageable in my opinion so hopefully they clutch up for the mediocre exam. Overall, pretty disappointing subject given how awesome human phys (2nd year) was !

don't do this subject if you want to remain sane 😭✌️ no feedback for the challenge questions. they don't even bother giving you a sample answer so you don't know what the actual solution is. and everyone knows that remaining completely stagnant in your understanding of concepts is the best way to learn a subject as convoluted and detail oriented as physiology!! HORRIBLE exam format - no seriously, they straight up lied about how many marks each question would be worth. they told us a few days before the exam to stick to this bizarre marking scheme of like 2-3 brief dot points for .5 and 0.75 markers, 2 detailed points for 1 markers and 4-6 detailed points for 3 markers. so imagine my surprise when the exam had 2 markers, 4 markers, 5 markers, 6 markers and a 10 marker!! yossi was so passive aggressive too when i asked him about it during the reading time too, as if it's our fault they seem to be marking purely based on vibes. is a 10 marker 10/3 x 4-6 detailed points? is it 10/0.75 x 2 brief points? who even knows man. and to top it all off yossi's lectures are the single worst thing i've had to go through. think of the most mindnumbing and confusing lecture you've done so far, and multiply it by 1000. it must seem like im exaggerating but this subject has actually made me so jaded about this degree and made me want to change my career lol. i wonder if the coordinators are running an experiment to see how much shit they can put us through before we riot? there's just too many good subjects to justify picking this one over the others. do immunology, pharmacology, anatomy, literally ANYTHING but this cursed major.

I ended up with a 93 in this subject but let me tell you, it sure has ups and downs. The best part was Charles' lectures, and the content throughout the course. The lectures were interesting and fun to learn for the most part. It was also good collaborating with all your friends in the subject and working together to figure out the answers to all the challenge questions, weekly quizzes, and exam. This is where the fun ends, as the subject has you stressed from the start to the end of the semester. Never in my whole undergrad did I feel as pressured as I did from this subject. The weekly quizzes were fine, but there were often questions that were very ambiguous which most people were confused about and got wrong. Now the absolute worst part was the challenge questions. The expectations for these questions was EXTREMELY vague, and the marking was horrendous. It was not uncommon to get less than 50% for some of them. The feedback was ridiculous and blatantly wrong, often telling you to include something you clearly did. At one point everyone in the Ed Discussion was posting angry messages, and Charles had to take them down - it was like a riot lol. This created this sense of unease throughout the whole semester, which was amplified for people trying to get H1 for postgrad. I guess the exam was marked less harshly, but I'll never forget the collective hate everyone shared for this subject. Idk if my cohort just had it bad, but yeah horrible subject that I'm only not rating it a 1 star because I did well. 2nd year physiology was SO much better and this subject was nothing like it. Charles fall off needs to be studied. Only take this subject if you 1. have friends doing it that you can work together with (that's the only reason I did well since we had a huge group chat), or 2. have a reeeeaaaaalllll passion for physiology.

Worst subject ever, CQs are unreasonably marked with minimal feedback, exam is also not that easy and quite convoluted. Dont take this thinking its like second year.

One of my favourite subjects in my undergraduate degree. Allows for collaborate learning with low pressure assessments, which in turn encourages deeper learning.

This is my favourite subject in my undergrad degree. This subject builds on from second year physiology, whether you covered physiology or HSF. The content is really interesting. My favourite topics were the ANS, blood pressure challenges/Kidney disease, neuroendocrinology. Cardiac function/Blood/Respiration/Metabolism is very confusing at first, but once you understand the big picture and the different parts of that topic it eventually becomes easy to understand. Muscles was my least favourite topic, as I found it very disjointed and there were studies on top of studies. The cals are pretty easy, I usually got 10s out of ten and some 9s. The challenge questions are good. The first set of challenge questions a lot of people did well, the average for the first set was about 3/4. The second set was really challenging as a lot of detail was required for the full marks and the average was about 2.5/4, but they gave a lot of constructive feedback which helped for the last set of challenge questions which were really well done. The final exam was good. It was a 3 day exam, which was open book and you could collab with people and was worth 40%. I thought it would be marked harshly, but it was marked really fair. The overall average was like 81.5%, I ended up scoring a H1 which was nice. My advice is start the cals and challenge questions the moment they open. I recommend a study group for the challenge questions because they require a lot of thinking. I recommend going to the tutorials as it is really good revision.

First few weeks that Charles does is really interesting and much like second year physiology but thats only for like 2-3 weeks. After that, each week is a different guest lecturer and the content is a very specific aspect that is on a cellular level (e.g. molecular adaptations to exercise, biochemical reactions during metabolism) so those broad physiology topics (e.g. breathing mechanisms, renal function) aren't really done anymore. CALs are pretty good and similar to 2nd year. The challenge questions aren't too bad, depending on how they mark it. Sometimes they're pretty nice and if you cover all the main points, you'll get the marks, other times they say they require additional information from personal research so the marking isn't consistent which is a bit frustrating. Lastly, the take-home final exam is also pretty reasonable and similar to second year phys.

Ok subject, content was interesting, but charles only lectured for a week or so if you got chose this subject because of him from human physio second year so just keep that in mind. I did enjoy the content and its easy to stay on top of assignments (weekly quiz and challenge question). Although, feedback i was given for my challenge questions were not relevant or were incorrect to my answers honestly think i was given marks/feedback meant for someone else. For eg, i was told i was missing a certain point/aspect of an answer in which my actual answer explicitly made this point, but we were told challenge questions would not be revised or remarked so it really brought down my grade since challenges qs are a large part of your overall mark. other than that, the subject was alright probably would only do this subject if its part of your major or closely related, probably not just as an elective

This subject was really interesting! Essentially, each week you get a bunch of lectures followed by a weekly assessment (MCQ and extended response question). These assessments contribute significantly to your final mark so pay attention to these. I found having a study group that walked through these questions each week really useful. Charles (the coordinator) also encourages this! Content covered a wide range of areas (mirrors and extends on PHYS20008) but included topics like ANS regulation, hemorrhage/shock, inflammation, muscle function/synthesis, metabolism (exercise and brain's effect), ENS + gut's endocrine action, and respiration (phases, hypoxemia causes). The exam isn't heavily weighted (yay!) and was pretty fair imho. It involved a number of SAQs which really closely resembled the weekly extended response questions. You can also work with your study group for this (charles approved) which is ace. Overall, really enjoyable and H1 definitely achievable.

Do not get baited by this subject. Charles is the coordinator but only takes 1 week of lectures; some of the lecturers are really dry and some lectures are not well delivered at all. There are generally new lecturers every week, and an MCQ and extended response quiz every week that contributes significantly to your final mark. Some assessment questions are somewhat ambiguous. That being said, you can still do well in this subject (I got a high H1), but it may not be as enjoyable or well-run as 2nd yr Phys. It's not too bad as a major subject, but would think twice about taking it as an elective.